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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1567325" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Have had a bad fall and winter, too.</p><p> Lost my old nurse cow to internal tumors. Lost another old nurse cow, a guernsey. She was a stockyard rescue, and never really gained like she should, but had a couple calves for me, and she let any & everything nurse her. Lost a 3 yr old 1st calf heifer to no apparrant reason. Drove up the hill, past the group to the barn to feed the calves and check them. Talked to the owners, who were up at house, and about an hour later drove down driveway and there she was laying dead. Though she had her back down the hill, but nope, laying legs down hill, out flat. No idea. Saturday, and was not going to pay extra for an autopsy with cow prices being so low. Lost 2 old beef cows at pasture; could have been the washy grass and not enough nutrition, could have been their time due to age. Lost a calf off one of those old cows that was real nice and I was going to keep her, that got uside down in the feed bunk in the barn and didn't find her until the next morning. </p><p>Have had terrible preg checks. 50% at one place, 65 % at the other 3. Bulls all had BSE and there were enough pregnant that it didn't seem to be a bull problem. Vet thinks the "washy grass" may have contributed as many didn't gain condition like they should have. But some open were a bit thin, some were round as a barrel. He said possible low mag so this year we are going to hi-mag all year. He thinks we could have a bit of a problem with it. We feed it normally feb through june or july. </p><p></p><p>We are finally seeing some sun. Have had about 4 days of sun, and just clouds yesterday as the rain stayed a bit south. Mostly sun forecast all week. Maybe things will change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1567325, member: 25884"] Have had a bad fall and winter, too. Lost my old nurse cow to internal tumors. Lost another old nurse cow, a guernsey. She was a stockyard rescue, and never really gained like she should, but had a couple calves for me, and she let any & everything nurse her. Lost a 3 yr old 1st calf heifer to no apparrant reason. Drove up the hill, past the group to the barn to feed the calves and check them. Talked to the owners, who were up at house, and about an hour later drove down driveway and there she was laying dead. Though she had her back down the hill, but nope, laying legs down hill, out flat. No idea. Saturday, and was not going to pay extra for an autopsy with cow prices being so low. Lost 2 old beef cows at pasture; could have been the washy grass and not enough nutrition, could have been their time due to age. Lost a calf off one of those old cows that was real nice and I was going to keep her, that got uside down in the feed bunk in the barn and didn't find her until the next morning. Have had terrible preg checks. 50% at one place, 65 % at the other 3. Bulls all had BSE and there were enough pregnant that it didn't seem to be a bull problem. Vet thinks the "washy grass" may have contributed as many didn't gain condition like they should have. But some open were a bit thin, some were round as a barrel. He said possible low mag so this year we are going to hi-mag all year. He thinks we could have a bit of a problem with it. We feed it normally feb through june or july. We are finally seeing some sun. Have had about 4 days of sun, and just clouds yesterday as the rain stayed a bit south. Mostly sun forecast all week. Maybe things will change. [/QUOTE]
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